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In addition, Bell Media, the owner of CTV, refused to air her campaign ads on its Toronto news channel CP24 under a dubious claim that she "violated" unspecified broadcasting standards,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oomEzViVhVU ILLEGAL? Media BANS Our Paid Ads!] at Faith Goldy's YouTube page</ref> while the leftist ''National Post'' smeared her in an article on her clash with Bell Media,<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/far-right-fringe-candidate-in-toronto-mayoral-race-sues-bell-for-refusing-to-air-her-campaign-ad Far-right fringe candidate in Toronto mayoral race sues Bell for refusing to air her campaign ad] at the ''National Post''</ref> also calling her "far-Right" and falsely claiming her to be "anti-immigrant" (while conveniently ignoring that she actually opposes illegal immigration) and that she advances "[[Islamophobia]]", "[[white supremacy|white supremacism]]" (while also ignoring that she has support from people of multiple ethnic and racial backgrounds) and "racist conspiracy theories" (all echoing claims made by [[Wikipedia]] in that site's own attempts to smear her).  Goldy later announced that she was suing Bell Media to force the company to allow her ads to air.<ref>[http://broadcastdialogue.com/faith-goldy-sues-bell-media-over-refusal-to-run-election-ads/ Faith Goldy sues Bell Media over refusal to run election ads] at Broadcast Dialogue</ref>  Also, when ''National Post'' liberal columnist Warren Kinsella referred to Goldy's supporters at the September 25 mayoral debate as "winged monkeys" in a Twitter post (echoing comments made by Tory following the debate),<ref>[https://twitter.com/kinsellawarren/status/1049797651259187200 Warren Kinsella: "The interruptions by Faith Goldy’s winged monkeys at tonight’s debate - screaming at the mayor, calling him a “communist,” etc - are winning this thing for @JohnTory"] at Twitter</ref> Goldy posted a critical reply accusing Tory and Kinsella of racism for that tweet, pointing out that she counts blacks and Jewish people among her supporters.<ref>[https://twitter.com/FaithGoldy/status/1049798408515571712 Faith Goldy: "Is it my Black supporters or my Jewish supporters @JohnTory’s advisors are referring to as “monkeys”?"] at Twitter</ref>

In addition, Bell Media, the owner of CTV, refused to air her campaign ads on its Toronto news channel CP24 under a dubious claim that she "violated" unspecified broadcasting standards,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oomEzViVhVU ILLEGAL? Media BANS Our Paid Ads!] at Faith Goldy's YouTube page</ref> while the leftist ''National Post'' smeared her in an article on her clash with Bell Media,<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/far-right-fringe-candidate-in-toronto-mayoral-race-sues-bell-for-refusing-to-air-her-campaign-ad Far-right fringe candidate in Toronto mayoral race sues Bell for refusing to air her campaign ad] at the ''National Post''</ref> also calling her "far-Right" and falsely claiming her to be "anti-immigrant" (while conveniently ignoring that she actually opposes illegal immigration) and that she advances "[[Islamophobia]]", "[[white supremacy|white supremacism]]" (while also ignoring that she has support from people of multiple ethnic and racial backgrounds) and "racist conspiracy theories" (all echoing claims made by [[Wikipedia]] in that site's own attempts to smear her).  Goldy later announced that she was suing Bell Media to force the company to allow her ads to air.<ref>[http://broadcastdialogue.com/faith-goldy-sues-bell-media-over-refusal-to-run-election-ads/ Faith Goldy sues Bell Media over refusal to run election ads] at Broadcast Dialogue</ref>  Also, when ''National Post'' liberal columnist Warren Kinsella referred to Goldy's supporters at the September 25 mayoral debate as "winged monkeys" in a Twitter post (echoing comments made by Tory following the debate),<ref>[https://twitter.com/kinsellawarren/status/1049797651259187200 Warren Kinsella: "The interruptions by Faith Goldy’s winged monkeys at tonight’s debate - screaming at the mayor, calling him a “communist,” etc - are winning this thing for @JohnTory"] at Twitter</ref> Goldy posted a critical reply accusing Tory and Kinsella of racism for that tweet, pointing out that she counts blacks and Jewish people among her supporters.<ref>[https://twitter.com/FaithGoldy/status/1049798408515571712 Faith Goldy: "Is it my Black supporters or my Jewish supporters @JohnTory’s advisors are referring to as “monkeys”?"] at Twitter</ref>

On October 14, 2018, more controversy struck when Rogers Media, which owns several radio and TV stations in Toronto and is the parent company of the [[Citytv]] network, announced in an e-mail sent to Goldy by Rogers senior VP of sales Alan Dark that Rogers refused to run her radio and TV campaign ads, making the same bogus claims about her campaign platform as Bell Media, the ''National Post'' and her election opponents had and using it as its excuse to refuse the ads.<ref name="Rogers Media">[http://broadcastdialogue.com/rogers-media-second-outlet-to-ban-faith-goldy-election-ads/ Rogers Media second broadcaster to ban Faith Goldy election ads] at Broadcast Dialogue</ref>  Goldy posted the e-mail from Rogers on her Twitter account<ref>[https://twitter.com/FaithGoldy/status/1051665913471221761 Faith Goldy: "In violation of our signed contract & CRTC guidelines, on Sunday night Rogers Media banned Faith Goldy Campaign radio ads set to begin Monday morning"] at Twitter</ref> and accused the mainstream media of colluding with the other mayoral candidates to rig and steal the Toronto civic election, even declaring in her tweet that the media truly is the enemy of the people; in that same tweet, she also pointed out that the involved media companies' collusion to censor and silence her and keep her out of the debates is in violation of Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission regulations, which require that fair and equal election coverage is required for a media company to keep its broadcast license.<ref>[http://dev8.troymedia.com/municipal/goldy-media-toronto-mayor-debate/ Restricting Toronto mayoral debaters is wrong]</ref>  A poll released around the time of the Rogers announcement also claimed that Goldy is "a distant third" behind Tory and former Toronto chief city planner Jennifer Keesmaat,<ref name="Rogers Media"/> although polls run by liberal media outlets are generally unreliable for gauging popular opinion due to [[liberal bias]] and rigging of poll numbers.

On October 14, 2018, more controversy struck when Rogers Media, which owns several radio and TV stations in Toronto and is the parent company of the [[Citytv]] network, announced in an e-mail sent to Goldy by Rogers senior VP of sales Alan Dark that Rogers refused to run her radio and TV campaign ads, making the same bogus claims about her campaign platform as Bell Media, the ''National Post'' and her election opponents had and using it as its excuse to refuse the ads.<ref name="Rogers Media">[http://broadcastdialogue.com/rogers-media-second-outlet-to-ban-faith-goldy-election-ads/ Rogers Media second broadcaster to ban Faith Goldy election ads] at Broadcast Dialogue</ref>  Goldy posted the e-mail from Rogers on her Twitter account<ref>[https://twitter.com/FaithGoldy/status/1051665913471221761 Faith Goldy: "In violation of our signed contract & CRTC guidelines, on Sunday night Rogers Media banned Faith Goldy Campaign radio ads set to begin Monday morning"] at Twitter</ref> and accused the mainstream media of colluding with the other mayoral candidates to rig and steal the Toronto civic election, even declaring in her tweet that the media truly is the enemy of the people; in that same tweet, she also pointed out that the involved media companies' collusion to censor and silence her and keep her out of the debates is illegal and in violation of Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission regulations, which require that fair and equal election coverage is required for a media company to keep its broadcast license.<ref>[http://dev8.troymedia.com/municipal/goldy-media-toronto-mayor-debate/ Restricting Toronto mayoral debaters is wrong]</ref>  A poll released around the time of the Rogers announcement also claimed that Goldy is "a distant third" behind Tory and former Toronto chief city planner Jennifer Keesmaat,<ref name="Rogers Media"/> although polls run by liberal media outlets are generally unreliable for gauging popular opinion due to [[liberal bias]] and rigging of poll numbers.

 

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